title: [Retrospective study of cancer in the tonsillar area].
abstract: Between 1975 and 1991, 64 patients with locoregional tonsilar carcinoma were treated by surgery and postoperative radiotherapy. Follow-up was continued for a minimum of 5 years. Patients were classified according to the UICC 1987/AJCC 1988 criteria. The histological stage was stage I in 5 patients, stage II in 7 patients, stage III in 17 patients, and stage IV in 27 patients. The 5 year overall survival was 33%. The prognosis was significantly worse in stage III or IV than in stage I or II (26% vs 67% respectively, p < 0.02).
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: González Gimeno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Carretero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poch Broto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Estudio retrospectivo del cáncer de región amigdalina.